cooper52
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| What's an upgrade from Ryan R610s? OP here, chiming in. I don't think nonoise hijacked my thread at all, in fact he has presented a very tempting speaker, based on the reviews he referenced. I was struck by how similar the Ryan and Revival Audio logos are. Not intentional, I'm sure... | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection Thanks, designsfx for your suggestion, but I don't see how I can control the Hermes with my phone, as it doesn't seem to have wireless capability. Okay, I'm really new streamers, so maybe I'm missing something? It would certainly be a worthwhile c... | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection Another update: having put some time into listening with the AES/EBU cable, I thought I might experience a significant improvement if I went to the trouble of switching out the USB port in the Morpheus for an I2S module. They’re not very expensive... | |
| Anybody heard the new Audiolab 9000CDT yet? Fastcat95, my impression of the 6000CDT was that, while it was impressively detailed and spacious, it seemed too thin and clinical. It leeched out the actual music in favor of its component events. It didn't render low frequencies with enough auth... | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection Designsfx, thanks for your response. I did consider switching to Volumino despite the hoops you have to jump through to get the Hermes to recognize that platform, but for the moment I'm kind of stuck with Roon for the next year, as that's how my s... | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection A long overdue update: I tried the standard XLR cable (reminder: Clarus Aqua) while waiting for the AES/EBU cable to arrive and the XLR sounded, at best, okay. Once the AES/EBU cable finally got here, I hooked it up right away and noticed, perhaps... | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection Thanks for the input, everybody--very helpful. I have ordered what I think (hope) is a pretty good AES/EBU cable for direct comparison so I’ll see if I can tell the difference. Guess it wouldn’t hurt to try the USB connection too, though from what... | |
| Fritz vs CSS vs Ryan I look forward to seeing the results of this shootout--will keep an eye out for it. | |
| Fritz vs CSS vs Ryan A bit late to the party here, but I wanted to weigh in on my Ryan R-610s which don't seem to be getting much love here. Since I live within pretty easy driving distance of Fritz, and once upon a time (about 7 years ago) I had a Hegel H200 integrat... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Update (yet again): the Morpheus has been doing its thing in my system for about 12 days now, and an interesting thing has happened. Either it has opened up some after quite a few hours of run-time, or my ears and sensibilities have accustomed the... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Thanks for the suggestions about inputs. I've been mulling over the prospect of adding a streamer to the system, and I wonder if anybody has compared the Metrum Ambre with the Sonnet Hermes? I'm still limited by my choice of USB over I2S configura... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated The Morpheus arrived on Friday, and it’s been going through its paces all weekend. I’m informed by the seller that it’s had plenty of time in his system to reach its full voice, so I assume that’s what I’m hearing. Initial impressions: everything... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Update: I've pulled the trigger (finally) on a Sonnet Morpheus which I found on another site for a very attractive price. It should be arriving in a couple of days (the seller is pretty close to here), and I'll share my impressions of it once its ... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated The Holo May, wonderful though it seems to be, is simply out of price-range for me. I suppose if I wait some time (possibly a couple years) it'll come down, but for now, I need to concentrate on the $3K range, where the Spring 3 and the Morpheus l... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated Once again, thanks to all for the opinions and very helpful information. At this point (though it’s not set in stone--yet) I’m flipping back and forth between the Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE and the Sonnet Morpheus II. Reviews seem to favor the Holo D... |